Babes on Broadway
Screening on Film
Directed by Busby Berkeley.
With Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter.
US, 1941, 35mm, black & white, 118 min.
With Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter.
US, 1941, 35mm, black & white, 118 min.
Once again, Mickey and Judy decide to put on a show in order to raise money for a group of orphaned children. But success goes to Mickey’s head, and he must decide between success and the people who put him there. Blatantly patriotic, with elaborate salutes to FDR and his policies, the film features Rooney and Garland performing in blackface in the show’s big finale and also marked the first collaboration between Garland and Vincente Minelli, who directed the starlet’s solo musical numbers.
